Sternberk
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| Country | Czech Republic | ||
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| Region | Olomouc | ||
| District | Olomouc | ||
| Commune | Šternberk | ||
| River | Sitka, Grygava | ||
| Elevation | 268 m (879 ft) | ||
| Coordinates | 49°43′38″N 17°17′43″E / 49.72722°N 17.29528°ECoordinates: 49°43′38″N 17°17′43″E / 49.72722°N 17.29528°E | ||
| Area | 48.79 km2 (18.84 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 14,060 (2006-07-03) | ||
| Density | 288/km2 (746/sq mi) | ||
| First mentioned | 1269 | ||
| Mayor | Stanislav Orság | ||
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 050 32 - 785 01 | ||
   Location in the Czech Republic
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| Statistics: statnisprava.cz | |||
| Website: www.sternberk.cz | |||
Šternberk (Czech pronunciation: [ˈʃtɛrnbɛrk]; German: (Mährisch-)Sternberg) is a town in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has c. 14,000 inhabitants.
It was first mentioned as castrum (castle) Sternberch in 1269 and as civitas (town) Sternberch in 1296.
From 1645 until 1650, during and immediately after the Thirty Years' War, the town was held by Sweden. In 1741 it was captured by Prussia.
Until 1918, Sternberg in Mähren (simply Sternberg until the end of the 19th century) was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), head of the district with the same name, one of the 34 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Moravia.
In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, it was occupied by the Nazi army as one of the municipalities in Sudetenland, one of the 2 towns of Landkreis Sternberg. The German speaking population was expelled in 1945 (see the Beneš decrees) and replaced by Czech settlers. In Czech, the town is known as Šternberk.
Main square
Main square
Šternberk Castle
Church of the Annunciation and Marian plague column (1719)
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